Critical Thoughts

I am a bit disturbed by the actions of Hindraf as of late (and no, I am not referring to the memorandum they delivered to Pak Lah when they gate-crashed the party for Eid Fitri). One particular incident which bothers me as a long-time blogger (I have been blogging since 2003) is how they had made a fuss over an obscure posting by a relatively unknown blogger who made racist remarks against Indians. Now, I am not excusing the particular blogger in question for those remarks which I think is stereotypical and uncalled for. Labelling any racial group as “thieves” or “robbers” is simply just unacceptable. But had Hindraf not made so much silly noises about the blog post and left the blogger alone, the issue would not even have surfaced in the first place. And for my part, I have seen many anti-Islam and hate-incitement towards the Muslims in Malaysia, should I go around making police reports for each and every one of them?

So while I do not condone any racist remarks from any person, I certainly dislike the actions taken by this extremist group called Hindraf to make a fuss out of a minor issue of racism.